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A Day Off
I took a rare day off work last week and the weather gods were smiling on me! After a week of cool, windy, and cloudy…
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Tea Bling and Bliss
April in Maine can bring summer-like temperatures one day and frost the next. This past week we had snow, heavy rains, and high winds. But…
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Dragonflies and Shortbread
Just after I wrote in my previous post that my motivation for tea blog posts & photography has waned, I think I may have redeemed…
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Happy Easter
During the difficulty of the continuing pandemic, we look to spring with renewed hope and optimism over last year at this time. Yet, the disease…
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The Forgotten Valentine’s Day Post
The best-laid plan: make red velvet cupcakes for valentine’s daybake cupcakes in heart-themed papersdecorate said cupcakes with holiday sprinkles and chocolate heartsuse heart-shaped teacup &…
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An Expensive Burn
I have seen the MacKenzie-Childs products for years and always admired their Courtly Check pattern with the checkerboard black and white, hand-painted squares. However, it…
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Sugar Doilies
I have seen these Snowflake Lace Sugar Doilies for years in the Victorian Trading Co. catalog and decided to see if they were as pretty…

